also  oc*ta*ploid  adj :  having a chromosome number eight times the basic haploid chromosome number oc*to*ploi*dy n pl  -dies  
also  octaploid  n :  an octoploid individual .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  octaploid 
 
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